A new Washington County road supervisor was named at a regular scheduled fiscal court meeting on Monday morning.

Dale Mann was recommended by Washington County Judge-Executive John Settles to take over the duties effective Jan. 17. Albert Wimsatt stepped down from the position on Dec. 20 after 26 years of service.
A motion was made by magistrate Billy Riney, Jr. to approve the hiring, which will be contingent upon Mann passing a physical, as well as a state-required test that is to be taken in Elizabethtown.

Sentencing was rescheduled once again for former Washington County deputies Norris Wayne Bartley and Billy Joe Mattingly.

The hearing began, but a motion for downward departure (a motion to defer from the sentencing guideline range for a statutory minimum sentence) resulted in a nearly 15-minute off-the-record conversation between the judge and attorneys for each side.
Prosecuting attorney Larry Fentress offered to explain the details of the motion to the judge off-the-record.

A local woman wants to warn people in the county about a door-to-door salesman after a recent encounter.

Kathy Harvey, of Springfield, said a door-to-door salesman took advantage of her special needs son over the holidays.
Her son, Kuyle (pronounced Kyle) Bowman, 25, has autism.
While Bowman was out visiting her brother, who had come in from out-of-state, she said a door-to-door meat salesman took advantage of her son.

Springfield’s nursing homes are above average places for long-term care, according to ratings issued by Medicare.

However, inspection records show at least one of the area’s nursing homes was understaffed in 2010.
Records show that at least one resident at Springfield Nursing and Rehabilitation received only one shower during a two-month period. The records did indicate that the resident did receive bed baths in lieu of showers.

According to a press release from Post 15 of the Kentucky State Police, which provides coverage for Washington, Marion, Taylor, Casey, Russell, Green, Metcalfe, Monroe, Clinton, Cumberland and Adair counties, KSP "will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints at locations approved by the Kentucky State Police Policy and Procedures Manual.

"These checkpoints will be conducted in an effort to enforce the traffic laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky," according to the release.